Marginal Effects of Merit Aid for Low-Income Students
Joshua Angrist, David Autor, and Amanda Pallais

Readme - Analysis Code Files

Corresponding author: Amanda Pallais (pallais@fas.harvard.edu)
Prepared by Noa Benveniste, completed December 2, 2021
Full replication certified by Jim Shen on December 2, 2021.

This document explains the purpose and functions of the files included in the 
replication package for the STBF working paper. 

Specific file functions are explained below
- /Analysis Output Materials (folder)
    - OutputIndex: this file provides a map that lays out which code files 
      produce the paper exhibits

- tables_raw_qje.xlsx: this file is where all STATA .do files export to.
  Each tab in the excel workbook is output from a separate STATA .do file 
  command (tab labels can be identified in STATA files after “export excel” 
  commands). Then we read these raw outputs into tables_shell for the final table.
    - tables_shell_qje.xlsx: this file reads in the raw output from 
      tables_raw and formats them to the paper table format.

- /Code (folder): this folder contains all relevant analysis code files
- See README_Code for complete instructions for how to run the clean code and 
  analysis code from start to finish.
